Herbert Watkins
(1828-1916), Photographer(George) Herbert Watkins
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 261 portraits
Watkins opened his Regent Street studio in 1856, and produced a series of photographs of distinguished contemporaries, which he published with printed biographies under the title of National Gallery of Photographic Portraits. He claimed in his advertisements that his photographs were 'as remarkable for their agreeable fidelity to nature as for their brilliancy of production and their economy of cost'.
Marie Effie (née Wilton), Lady Bancroft
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, September 1856
NPG P301(70)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(1)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 30 March 1857
NPG P301(2)
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(3)
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 8 April 1857
NPG P301(4)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 7 March 1857
NPG P301(5)
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(6)
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 7 March 1857
NPG P301(7)
John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(8)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(9)
William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(10)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(11)
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(12)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(13)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(14)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(15)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(16)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 1857
NPG P301(17)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(18)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(21)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(22)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(23)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(24)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(25)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(26)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(27)
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(28)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(29)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(30)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 1857 or 1858
NPG P301(34)
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 1857
NPG P301(36)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(37)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(40)
Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(41)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(42)
Probably Mary Russell (née Burrowes)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(43)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(45)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(47)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(49)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(50)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(51)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(52)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(53)
Madame Céleste (Céline Céleste)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(56)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(57)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(58)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(64)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(65)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(66)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(67)
Marie Effie (née Wilton), Lady Bancroft
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(68)
Marie Effie (née Wilton), Lady Bancroft
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(69)
Misses Wright and Oliver (Rosina Wright; Pattie Oliver)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(71)
Catherine ('Katey') Elizabeth Macready Perugini (née Dickens); Mamie Dickens
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(72)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(73)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(74)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(93)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(95)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(96)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(98)
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Elizabeth Crawford
13 April 2016, 09:58
Quite by chance I found out a little more about the final fate of Herbert Watkins - see post on my website - http://tinyurl.com/z63lll3 .